Role and Policy Implication of ICT in India Book

New technologies, although developed with optimism, often fall short of their predicted potential and create new problems. Communication technologies are no different. Their Utopian proponents claim that universal access to advanced communication technologies can help to feed the hungry, cure the sick, educate the illiterate, improve the global standard of living, and ultimately bring about world peace. The limitations of new technologies like ICT are often not inherent in the technologies themselves but the result of regulatory or economic constraints. While the capability may exist to deliver any information anywhere in the world, many people lack the money to pay for it, the equipment to access it, the skills to use it, or even the knowledge that it might be useful to them. This book examines the complex ways in which information and communication technologies and policies affect the people whose lives they are intended to improve. The areas of discussion include ICT introduction, Policies, E-society and current scenario of ICT in India.